Compressed air savings a priority January 2006, ETEST We have all heard the bad news regarding the expected rise in energy cost. Now is the time to look for ways to conserve energy. Almost every industrial facility has at least one ...
Hydraulic system for UCT sled tester January 2006 The University of Cape Town, Mechanical Engineering Department approached Hyflo for the design philosophy on a sled tester. Hyflo was to be responsible for the design and manufacture of the hydraulic ...
Micro air nozzle for precision blow off December 2005, ETEST Exair's new Micro Air Nozzle is the smallest available, providing precision blow off with a direct high volume, high velocity airflow. The air nozzle projects less than 25 mm past the mounting surface, ...
Super air knife December 2005, ETEST Exair's Super Air Knife is a new generation of air knife that dramatically reduces compressed air usage and noise compared to that of other blow offs. The Super Air Knife offers a more efficient way to ...
Control and handling in xenon lamp production November 2005, Festo South Africa Through its contribution of industry-specific pneumatic components, Festo is providing strong support for the production process of Osram xenon lamps in Berlin.
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Linear potentiometers for hydraulics and pneumatics September 2005 Elcis is offering a series of linear potentiometers. The RPC model has a stainless steel shaft with guides inside the housing, and the RPF model has a slider with ball coupling that reduces the effects ...
Conveying - with no moving parts August 2005, ETEST, Conferences & Events Exair's compressed air operated Line Vac connects to standard hose or tube to create a powerful in-line conveyor. The compact design features large throat diameters for maximum throughput capability. ...
High performance pneumatic actuators June 2005 PremiAir pneumatic actuators from Tyco Valves & Controls have been engineered to provide reliable and economical operation for all types of quarter turn valves - in demanding process environments. One ...
High performance positioners May 2005, Spirax Sarco South Africa Approved by major petrochemical companies, Mitech's high-performance positioners have three take-off options making them suitable for almost all applications. They are available either as electro-pneumatic ...
Pneumatics helping to paint a bright future April 2005, Festo South Africa, Surveillance, Products & Solutions While painters appreciate the benefits of ready-to-use paints and varnishes, the production of these is a major challenge to the automation components concerned, with all the dust and dirt present in ...
Simple device prevents backache December 2000, ETEST A typical application that has often resulted in unnecessary backache, has been when a vibratory bowl is used to debur manufactured items. The items to be deburred are placed in the vibrating bowl, which ...
Pneumatic drives for hygienic and corrosive environments December 2004, Festo South Africa Specially designed for corrosive and hygienic environments, the CRDH and CDN pneumatic drives from Festo fulfil the requirements laid down by the industries that place great demands on cleanliness.
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Future bicycle designs tested on fluidic muscle October 2004, Festo South Africa Tensile forces of up to 7000 N at a pulse frequency of 3 Hz and 100 000 load changes per test run. These are the stringent requirements that the fluid muscle, a unique actuator from Festo that closely ...
Hydraulic valve interface module July 2004, Danntech, Information Security, Infrastructure Interfacing to hydraulic valves is generally never simple. To make things a little easier, Danntech has designed a multipurpose hydraulic valve interface module with a variety of inputs, various outputs ...
Locally manufactured exported bagging solution May 2004, Tectra Automation The design and manufacture of the new brick-pack machine included every component on offer from Tectra Automation, local specialists in linear, pneumatic, servo-drive and control systems
Meeting the demand for smaller, faster technology May 2004, Festo South Africa As customers' products are becoming smaller, faster and more intelligent, Festo's pneumatic automation technology is being continuously developed to fill the need for improved performance, smaller dimensions, ...
Reliable part seat monitoring May 2004, Shorrock Automation From metal forming and machining to assembly automation, work-piece positioning and gap detection in very harsh operating conditions such as dirt, fluids and extreme temperatures, continue to present ...
Efficient nozzles save compressed air March 2001, ETEST In a typical application: galvanised steel sheet has to be cleaned of loose zinc particles as part of the final rolling operation. An air manifold having 42 eighth-inch open pipe nozzles had been installed ...
Effective nozzles save compressed air March 2002, ETEST In a typical application: galvanised steel sheet has to be cleaned of loose zinc particles as part of the final rolling operation. An air manifold having 42 eighth-inch open pipe nozzles had been installed ...
Corrosion resistant pneumatics range February 2004, Festo South Africa, Events Pneumatics is a rugged, longstanding technology and Festo's development of an extensive CR (corrosion-resistant) pneumatics range brings this technology to various applications and conditions which promote ...
